Before the mega auction of IPL 2025, the Punjab Kings team had surprised everyone with its decision. Team owner Preity Zinta had retained only 2 uncapped players. One of these names is Shashank Singh, whose luck shone before IPL 2025. Last season no one even bid for him and he remained unsold. After this, Preity Zinta included him in the team by paying 20 lakhs, after which he played many brilliant innings for Punjab Kings. Preity Zinta once again expressed confidence in Shashank and increased his salary by 27.5 times to Rs 5.5 crore. Now he has expressed his desire to become captain.
Shashank Singh calls himself a big fan of Dhoni. Like him, he bats in the middle order and also played some explosive innings for Punjab in the last season. He has also expressed his desire to play for Dhoni's team Chennai Super Kings but this time Punjab has retained him. Now he expressed his desire to captain like his hero. Shashank recently gave an interview to News18. During this, he asked for captaincy from Preity Zinta through gestures.
Shashank Singh said that he has the ability with which he can lead any team to win the championship. If Punjab Kings wants to try him as captain, then he will grab this opportunity with both hands and make full use of it. He told that he has also captained the DY Patil T20 tournament for 5 years and has done a good job so far. Let us tell you that players like Shikhar Dhawan and Dinesh Karthik have played under his captaincy.
Shashank Singh also talked about his retention during the interview. He told that this time his parents were very worried because last time no one had bid on him. But when the news of being retained was received, the entire family heaved a sigh of relief. Shashank Singh said that along with money, retention is very important. He said that it is very important to retain before the mega auction. I have seen players who made a lot of money in the auction but disappeared the next year.
